9/11: A Boeing 757 Struck the Pentagon

Where the heck did you see anything that talked about a 10' hole in the part of the building that the "aircraft" ENTERED the building? The only thing that resembled a 10' hole in the building is on the last wall of the thrird ring near the center of the Pentagon as some part of the aircraft came out.

Ok engine weight... RR....37,400 lbs RB211....40,000 lbs (not sure which it was) Max take-off weight 220,000 lbs (includes engine weight, fuel, passengers etc...) That plane was not maxed out, so lets say it was 180,000 lbs So 180,000 minus the two engines at 37,400 each leaves 105,200 lbs for the aiframe approx which also of course includes the wings, what do they weigh? Cause that also needs to be subtracted from the fuselage weight, seeing as it was only the fuselage that made that hole. And the fuel that burned up on impact, in that fireball would also not count. Your over 200,000 lbs is very quickly losing weight. Also take into consideration the weight distribution, the engines weight is all confined in a small compact mass, the airframe weight is distributed over a much larger area. Plus the engine casings are far stronger than the fuselage is. So Zaphod your little conclusion of a 3 ton engine verses an airframe of over 200,000 lbs isn't quite right, is it? [edit on 21/2/2006 by ANOK]

You obviously haven't seen the pre-collapse pictures, this is the hole the supposed 757 made... There are better pics of it, but I'm too lazy to look, I'll leave that up to you. [edit on 21/2/2006 by ANOK]

Someone on this thread asked "why would they cover the grass with sand and gravel for no reason when the grass in front of the building was not damaged. Did you ever think that the grassy area would have a problem with all of the vehicles that would be needed. They would tear the whole place up. Think about if it started raining anytime duing the next days and weeks. Every vehicle would get stuck. If you look at the photo of the gravel being placed down, there is a plastic liner with the gravel/sand laid on top. That is a normal process to protect an area from vehicles. Take a look at how they set up a field for arena cross or monter trucks. All these people that believe in these conspirecy theories seem to think that everyone else is close minded. Its the other way around.... The theorist are the ones that are closed minded. They are completly oblivious to anything that shows examples that can explain what happened. They are dead locked on half backed ideas with croped photos, twisted facts, and just plain ingorance. They take the word as gospel from people with other agendas. These other agendas are things like Selling Books, Subscriptions to news letters, Political bashing, and self fulfullment. Does this seem anything like "Blind Faith" without any real proof. In this case there is SO much evidence and explanations that any halfway intelligent person who actually opens his/her mind and read the information on this forum, and the other usless forums on this subject, will realize that the theories are just crap. Those that are not at least halfway intelligent dont matter anyway. They will never be able to form a useful opinion anyway.

Yeah right Kart, got ya So then if you're so smart and we're so dumn, why don't you explain to us all the anomilies that no one else can? I don't have to go to ANY website to see that the official story doesn't add up, not even close. Jeez I love posts like these, really helpfull... [edit on 21/2/2006 by ANOK]

I believe this incident is the same with Fight 93. The lack of remains from the flight are what opens the floor to all these conspiracy theories. But the speed on impact of these flights has to be taken into account. I really see nothing but small peices surviving the impact and explosion, hence the small bits of remains. In the beginning I was abit of a believer on the subject of the pentagon, but now I am accepting what has happened. I still say the government had knowledge of what was going down and did little to prevent it, but these areas of impact were with the planes as stated, and these lives were lost. The question should not be What hit where, it should be who knew what was going to hit where. The true conspiracy is how much did Bush know.

Based on the photo that you included in your post, The center of impact shows a hole that would be approximately 15' high (or more). Each floor would be at least 10' high (probably more like 12'). The steal beam that is at the top of the hole is well above about half way up the second floor. That makes at least 15' (first floor plus at least 1/2 of the second floor). I would venture to guestimate that the hole that you indicate as center of impact is at least 18' to 20' feet tall. Certainly tall enouph for a 757. The hole just to the left of the of the impact center and somewhat below and to the left of the collaps line seems to be the hole that the left engine would have made. Do you not see that? I am just using the photo that you use as an example with the notations that you are using. [edit on 21-2-2006 by kart69]

So you're claiming that the 757 engine weght is between 37,400 and 40,000? Try thrust rating, not weight my friend. The Trent 900, which is for the A380 is the largest engine ever made by Rolls Royce, and it weighs in at 6300 kilos, which is roughly 13860 pounds, or just under 7 tons. But the smaller RB211-535 used on the 757 is going to weigh that much more? I don't think so. www.easa.eu.int... www.azom.com... www.rolls-royce.com... www.answers.com... I'm waiting for some information on the dry weight of the engine, but I saw somewhere that it was 3.2 tons. I'd be really impressed if they hung two 40,000+ pound engines on those wings.

No problem.......... First of all. Your post explains quite allot. It proves my theory. Your spelling of ANOMALIES could be forgiven, but your spelling of DUMB is just (well you know). Please list the anomalies that you would like to me to explain. I can not read your mind. I actually, would rather not. I am sure I can not explain everything, but I bet I can explain enough that any half intelligent person would be able to see that it was a plane (757). It actually should only take 1 or 2 examples to prove it. Every facet does not need to be proven or explained in any situation. It only takes enough to show that there was a 757 involved. There does not seem to be any proof that there was not a 757 involved. No missle parts, No truck remains that carried explosives, nothing that would actually point to anything other than a 757. I live in Oklahoma City, and I have seen first hand what an explosive device will do to a building. That was not a purpose built explosive device. It was not a truck filled with explosives as some people have insinuated. The damage was also not conducive to a missile that was designed to penetrate and explode. The explosive force would have blown the building up and out immediately with much more damage inside the building. This damage was done in a cone shape from the wide area of the impact zone to the very small area that was caused by some of the aircraft exiting the last wall. There was an explosion caused by the jet fuel, but it was not a explosion caused by a purpose built explosive device such as a missile or a bomb. I am not an expert, and I dont claim to know everything. I do know that common sense is very valuable when exact proof is not available. So fire away [edit on 21-2-2006 by kart69]

Yeah you're right Zaphod, what was I thinking? 40,000 lb would be 20 tons...lol I still believe the engines should have made some damage though... I find the amount of damage done by the aircrafts nose compared to what the engine and wings did a bit off. But that's just my opinion.

Big deal my speeeling is off tonight, I'm tired and my back hurts so give me a break If you have read any of my past posts you'll see my spealing and grammar is usualy pretty good. But anyway this thread is not about me or my spieling....You know Einstein couldn't spell either, so what's your point? If you could explain to any half intelligent person the anomalies then we wouldn't still be having so many debates on ATS about 9-11 would we? If you have all the answers then how about starting a new thread, then we could put it to rest, or not....

I guess you missed the part of my post where I asked you to give me a list of anomalies. I also added to my post, so you might want to take another look. There is no way I will start another thread. There are too many threads about this BULL as it is................. I dont think I have read all of your other posts. I can only assume that you spell better that I have seen. I only read the first 10 pages when I needed to post my feelings.

I don't have to give you a list of anything, you're the one claiming to be able to answer all the questions. Maybe if you read the whole post instead of selected pieces you'd figure out the questions that need answering? [edit on 21/2/2006 by ANOK]

When you talk about the 16 foot hole in this article being the same size as a Boeing 757 you are in no way taking into account the wingspan or the 2 6 ton engines strapped to the wings. There is no damage to the windows or the building to the right or left of the hole which is obvious in the pictures taken before the collapse. How could an entire commerical airliner disappear through a 16 foot diameter hole? Where are the wings, which would have been clipped off when the plane struck the building? Where are the 2 6-ton 9 foot diameter engines from a 757? It is ridiculous to say that they penetrated inside the building because there is no damage but the 16 foot hole. It is also ridiculous to say that most of the plane burnt up, especially the engines. The engines on a Boeing 757 are made out of a titanium alloy. The melting point of titanium is somewhere around 1700 degrees Celcius. An a pure oxygen environment, which the earth certainly is not, jet fuel will burn at no more than 1500 degrees Celcius. Better estimates of both the fires in the WTC and the Pentagon were probably around 250 to 300 Celcius in the fires. This is obviously another question in the WTC. The steel in those building was rated to 2000 degrees C and once again the maximum that these fires could be burning at is less than 1500 degrees. I'm not saying that the government had something to do with it, but I think there are a lot of things about the situation that do not make sense and should most certainly be addressed. What really concerns me is the lack of any kind of attempt to provide an in-depth explanation of the events of that day by the US government. If anyone is interested, check out Loose Change - The Alex Jones Conspiracy on Google Video. I'm not a big believer in his conspiracy theory necessarily, but it prevents some fairly well-researched compelling evidence, plus it is pretty entertaining even if you don't buy into it.

They were smashed into thousands of tiny little pieces. If you look carefully at the photographs, you can see them all over the place. Again, they were smashed into tiny little pieces. Remember that the engines were running at full throttle when they the plane hit. Do you have any idea just how fragile the titanium vanes of a modern jet engine are?

Howward, do you know there is more to a jet engine that the fan blades? Do you know the compressor blades are housed in a casing/combustion chamber? A casing that is far stronger than the rotar blades? Where are those casings? What about the shaft the blades are attached to? There's more to a jet engine than rotar blades...

Just for the sake of accuracy here, and I'm not gonna argue about what should have happened etc the 757-200 engines are NOT 6 tons, and 9 feet. They're 3.5 and 6. If we're gonna argue, let's at least get the facts straight, especially when it's so easy to do basic research and find out. www.narita-airport.or.jp... www.thetruthseeker.co.uk... Again, I'm not arguing anything about what SHOULD have happened with the engines, just setting the record straight on some basic facts that anyone willing to do 2 minutes of research could have found. (It literally took me MAYBE 2 minutes to find the weight and diameter of the engine. First link on both searches.)

I just find it hard to believe that a plane of that size travelling at that speed only made the small hole. Even though the walls and windows were reinforced. A 2 inch thick piece of reinforced glass is no match for a 757 with a full fule load travelling in excess of 350mph... A plane travelling at that speed, that low would make it very hard to make out any distinguishing features. Also any witness that says the plane flew over their head would surely have been blown at least a good couple of hundred metres just from the backward thrust of the engines. Not to mention any burns they would have received by the heat. Those engines running at full throttle can rip up runways and blow cars hundreds of feet away. I am surprised that the damage under the planes approach is very small. It should have made a much bigger swath of damage as it approached the Pentagon at that speed. I gotta admit though...I'm pretty much still on the fence with this argument.

Sorry but I didnt want to read 141 pages to find out but What exactly is being measured in this picture? ok what I mean is... there are lines going through wall? like arent the lines outlining the point of entry? So confused. I'm with piboy all the way on this one. If he even checks this thread anymore [edit on 22-2-2006 by xchox] [edit on 22-2-2006 by xchox]

First, the walls were reinforced to withstand a massive truck bomb being inches from them. We're talking tons of explosives. Second, engines DO NOT blow cars hundreds of feet, unless they catch them just right, and are able to lift them. I've been behind engines running at power, and nothing happened to me. Yeah there's a lot of heat, but not nearly as much as you think there is. It blends with the air and dissipates a lot faster than you realize. Not saying it's not hot, but it's not super hot like people think.